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The L4D Wallpaper Contest

Why Hello There! You have stumbled upon boomercharged.net’s Left 4 Dead Wallpaper contest. (Hosted By Hi-Hat aka Jimmy Pop)

But what is all this?

The Rules

- The entries must all be in by January 15th, 2009.
- The entry can not be drawn or remodeled. It must be made from a screen shot taken in Left 4 Dead or GMOD.
- GMOD screen shots can not have characters from TF2, CSS, or any game besides L4D.
- The minimum size for the wallpaper is 800 x 600. The maximum is 1000 x 800.
- Any format besides .GIF
- A SCREEN SHOT is not a WALLPAPER. Wallpapers must be modified and edited to count as an entry. Any HUD or text from the game must be edited out unless it contributes to the wallpaper.

The System

This is the first post in a series of 3 posts cleverly entitled: The L4D Wallpaper Contest You will submit your entries in the comments. Then In the next post: The L4D Wallpaper Contest Voting I Will Post All the Entries, with credit to the owner. There will be a devised voting system in that post. More about that later. Followed by: The L4D Wallpaper Contest Results The winner is announced and has their full glory and cheers.

The Other

How does I make wallpaperz plz?

Use The Gimp (Free), or Photoshop (Not Free), or any cocamamy new age hip editor you use.*

*But really if you are going to use Paint don’t make it look like this…

Wheres mah skureenshots at?

By Default they would be:

L4D : C:/Program Files/Steam/Steamapps/Common/Left4Dead/Left4Dead/Screenshots

GMOD : C:/Program Files/Steam/Steamapps/*Your Steam Account Name*/Garrysmod/Garrysmod/Screenshots

The Example

This is a wallpaper that would be accepted.

This Was Made By Hi-Hat! (Jimmy Pop)

This Was Made By Hi-Hat! (Jimmy Pop)

This is one that wouldn’t be accepted.

This is one that would get you ridiculed. wouldn’t be accepted.

Well hats off then! Good luck boyos!

 

66 Responses to “The L4D Wallpaper Contest” (post new)

  1.  

    Damn, I was gonna do a GMod picture of my Hunter Player model holding a Phone (The Photo Tool) up in a Combine’s face, but then I read about only L4D characters…

    TO THE BATCAVE!

  2.  

    Made the last picture my wallpaper.

  3. Obvious Question
     

    What’s the prize?

  4.  

    @Paper Shadow
    Good to know your interested!

    @Tweedledum
    Its mine too! Put your cursor over it its called bestwallpaperevarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

    @Obvious Question
    You will find out in good time boy, for now, get cracking before its too late!

  5.  

    Ahhahah, to bad gmod isnt working for me :(

  6.  

    @ Kowl Slaw
    Is L4D working?

  7.  

    Oho, time to test out my amazing Gmod skills and that L4D pack. You might wanna post this link for those that don’t have the models yet.

    http://files.filefront.com/Left4Dead+Packzip/;12420651;/fileinfo.html

  8.  

    FOR THOSE WHO DONT HAVE L4D GMOD MODELS:
    http://files.filefront.com/Left4Dead+Packzip/;12420651;/fileinfo.html
    Thank The Light!

  9.  

    >The maximum [size] is 1000 x 800.
    I thought this was a wallpaper contest. Even netbooks have a resolution larger than 1000 by 800. If you’re going to set boundaries, at least set them so that the entries are actually wallpapers. Say a base width of 1280 pixels at minimum and as maximum 1920 pixels base width.

  10.  

    Jimmy pop,

    Thanks god L4D is working *phew* So I might still have a chance ;)

  11.  

    I’ve always made desktop backgrounds to try and capture the mood of games, often using little or no special effects. I’ve done a little simple editing for this composition, but it’s mostly a carefully snapped screenshot.

    ‘Exit Up Ahead’:

    Full (1440×900): http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Devenger/L4D/hiqual_sharp-1.jpg
    Small (1000×625): http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Devenger/L4D/hiqual_sharp_1000×625.jpg
    Small 4:3 (800×600): http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b35/Devenger/L4D/hiqual_sharp_800×600.jpg

    Shot taken in an early area of Blood Harvest 2.

    I posted a version above the size limit because I think 1000×800 is too low a limit.

  12.  

    All *charged authors are except from winning as per usual contest rules that forbid employees of the sponsor winning. (E.g. I’m lazy)

  13.  

    @Kowl Slaw
    Good luck!

    @Devenger
    Wow man good job! Good entry! Followed all the rules so its in!

    @SirMax
    Lol still participate for fun

  14.  

    Some people seem to like it. So I thoght, “What the hell, I’ll give it a whirl.”

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v606/death_chimp/dickwadfranciswallpaper.png

    It’s 1024 x 786, I think that’s fair.

  15.  

    I took some bad ass screens in game and took all the HUD out using gimp, but the resolution is so crappy that it can’t be used as a wallpaper…or anything else for that matter. How can I increase the resolution?

  16.  

    @ sQUEAKYfOAMpEANUT
    I hate vans! No just kidding i like it! Good stuff you are in.

    @ Kowl Slaw
    Increase the res ingame just to do a photoshoot.
    In your options go to the video tab and take some nice ones.

  17.  

    Here’s mine. Seeing this post, I looked through my screen shot gallery totaling 4, and this one was the only one where I wasn’t looking at a wall. I used this (http://www.left4dead411.com/forums/index.php?action=vthread&forum=8&topic=6792), does it still count? Looking at it now, I don’t like the title font. Oh well, I flattened it so there’s no going back.
    http://i702.photobucket.com/albums/ww22/robandsherm/AWKWARD.png

  18.  

    @Robert64
    I looked at it and wasn’t gonna take it at first. But then i realized it followed all the rules. And its f***ing hilarious!
    So you sir, are a probable candidate for now!
    AKA You’re in :D (And just might win but its not up to me) If I dont see better than you have my vote

  19.  

    Erg. I’m beginning to wish that I had gotten it on PC rather than 360. Then again, my crap computer wouldn’t have been able to run it (if the demo was any indication).

    ..sigh..

  20.  

    @Robert64

    Very good. cant help thinking its staged, but since i asked you, i beleive you ;)

  21.  

    Hay guise

    Sorry, I’m a bit offtopic, but since you have posted the L4D model pack link, could you do the same with models from TF2?

  22.  

    You get them if you own TF2 automatically. If you don’t own TF2, then it might be copyright or something

  23.  

    Here is my wallpaper: http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w90/albenjammin/dm_resistance0012.jpg This IS the right size, right?

  24.  

    Sorry if there is a rule against double posts but this site resized my pic so here it is again. It’s called “Pills here!”
    http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w90/albenjammin/Pillshere.jpg

  25.  

    @Alec
    Haha great stuff Alec! You’re in!

    @Tweedledum
    I would, but i cant find the link!

  26.  

    Robert64

    I do own TF2, I don’t have the models because *cough*pirated GMod *cough*

  27.  

    @Tweedledum
    You could probably extract the models and materials from TF2’s GCF, using GCFScape, and then put them in your Gmod folder in materials and models.
    http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/files/files/gcfscape171.exe

  28.  

    @Robert64
    You are smart Robert, You, Are, Smart!

  29.  

    @jimmy.pop
    I can almost count to 50, too!

  30.  

    I can count to 1 2 5.

  31.  

    I lose the game at 48.

  32.  

    @Kowl
    You missed out 7.

  33.  

    @Robert64
    Teamwork Project Fortress!

  34.  

    @jimmy
    As coincidences go, I was co-founder of a TF2 clan with that very name! How do you know of it?

  35.  

    Ok, I played around with a poster I made for the poster contest: http://webpages.marshall.edu/~wolfe21/l4d/diner_of_the_dead.png

    Here is a wallpaper version that meets the requirements for the contest: http://webpages.marshall.edu/~wolfe21/l4d/diner_of_the_dead_wallpaper_1000×800.png

    I took out the poster scratches and noise included with the Photoshop template on left4dead411, as I did not create those effects. I, also changed the blurring and focus to make the screenshot slightly smoother.

  36.  

    @atomic
    The food can’t be that nice, most of them are running away from the diner…
    Anyway, great work!

  37.  

    Maybe they were defending it?

  38.  

    @Robert64, well usually you have to catch your own food, as it tends to run away.

  39.  

    @ atomic
    lol. funny.
    @jimmy.pop
    SWEET.

  40.  
  41.  

    @onlock, nice job!

  42.  

    Here is my entry, one of the first real ingame screenshot I’ve yet seen here on boomercharged. Only editing was to crop out the ingame HUD and resized it to make it eligible for the contest. Hope the link works ^_^

  43.  

    I knew it wouldn’t work at first. Here is the second attempt:
    http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww267/Firethem/test3.jpg

  44.  

    @Robert64
    Hax

    @All
    Great Entries!

    @Others
    GET EM IN!

  45.  

    Can we submit multiple entries?
    And jimmy, can you reveal the prize yet? It will get more people submitting! (Honestly, how do you know of TPF?)

  46.  

    http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb193/meng_foley/l4d_witches.jpg

    Hi to all. First time commenting over here, decided to join in the fun. Hope you like what I did. =)

  47.  

    Because I’m forgetful and partially lazy, I present to you the badassery that is my submission. Spent four hours getting this one straight.

    Full 1440×900: http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/841/notinriversideanymorevief2.jpg

    Small 1000×625: http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3319/notinriversideanymorevimh7.png

  48.  

    And yes I realize I’m a day late. It’s still the 15th over here in the US. D:

  49.  

    No entry list post? *cries*

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